A Selection of Plants that Attract Insects
These are usually sun-loving plants, which will provide food for butterflies, pollen for bees. Encourage natural predators such as ladybirds and hoverflies, who keep the numbers down of less welcome visitors to the garden.
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SANGUISORBA 'Pink September'
Bigger and better flowers than 'Big Pink'. Lots of stems closely grouped. Stands well. New in 2013 from us.
2.00m £5.00
ANTHEMIS 'Susannah Mitchell'
Grey-green foliage topped with creamy-white daisies all summer. Well-drained soil in sun.
60cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA tenuifolia 'Big Pink'
Smothered with bright pink drooping catkins in August and September.
1.50m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Nineteen'
Sprays of small lilac daisies September-November, on maroon stems and dark foliage. Sun.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Foxbrook Fairy'
From John Williams. Lots of pale mauve daisies on a later-flowering plant, from Sepember-October. An ericoides cross, but clump forming.
1.20m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM novae-angliae 'Guido en Gezelle'
New, from Jan Spruyt, has lavender-blue daisies August-October.
1.00m £5.00
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Hill Close Blue'
From Hill Close Gardens, Warwick. Masses of vivid blue daisies.
75cm £5.00
NEPETA 'Weinheim Big Blue'
Thick spikes of deep violet-blue flowers on robust stems, June-September. Deadhead to keep it flowering. Much requested in our garden!
75cm £5.00
SANGUISORBA obtusa good form
Lovely silver leaves, and bright pink bottlebrush flowers June-August. Sun.
50cm £5.00
AGASTACHE 'Blue Boa'
New form, with chunky, deep violet-blue flower spikes July-October. Seems to be long-lived! Sun.
PBR 60cm £5.50
SYMPHYOTRICHUM 'Orchidee'
Masses of small white daisies September-October. Mildew-free. I think this is an HPS conservation plant.
1.20m £5.00
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